They never introduce new Pokemon in remakes of old games, they just work with the existing Pokemon and make several Pokemon that weren't previously obtainable in those games obtainable somehow. They don't even introduce new forms with the exception of Firered and Leafgreen's Attack and Defense formes of Deoxys.

My votes go to and . They're both cool 'mons and they deserve it. And this is coming from the guy with a level 94 Shiny Farfetch'd named Sleek. As cool as an evo for it would be, it won't happen. Ever. Problably.

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NO. NO SKARMORY. NO WAY.Seriously, it doesn't need. It's the greatest physical wall of the game. Evolving it would be insane.Chatot is, again, a gimmick Pokemon (look Chatter mechanics) and unlikely to evolve.

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I always thought that Pinsir should have gotten a Dark/Bug evolution to serve as Scizor's counterpart, but clearly that ship has long sailed. I'm kind of scared to see if they'll go back and touch anymore Kanto Pokemon in XY after seeing the things they decided to evolve in Gen IV, like Rhydon and Electabuzz. Because they'd probably ignore the ones like Farfetch'd and Pinsir while giving us stuff like Gyaragod and Starwe, I'm okay if they focus on evolutions for the Unova group first and foremost.

Also, branch evolutions are always welcome, ala Slowking, Gorebyss or Froslass. Johto had a nice number that complemented the existing Kanto Pokemon, so hopefully XY will do the same to Unova's Pokemon, which had NO branch evolutions at all. Scyther/Scizor and Porygon2/Porygon-Z situations in which the overall BSTs between the two family members are (almost nearly) the same are good too.

Honestly, I don't like that last idea. An evolution must be 'stronger', otherwise why do it? To get an extra boost from Eviolite?

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Pinsir and Skarmory are definitely good on their own, and really? Not too many people complained about Rhydon and Electabuzz getting evolutions considering they turned out to be strong Pokemon. Generation IV did a good job but if anything maybe they were too complacent that generation and focused too much on evolutions of past Pokemon. And likely because of that excess they gave it a break in Generation V (other reasons likely play into that too).

We're not saying that strong Pokemon can't have evolutions, we're just saying that we hope they only give evolutions to old Pokemon that could really benefit from them (if they chose to include any of those types of Pokemon at all this generation).

Giving strong Pokemon evolutions is pretty pointless. Rhyperior is a good example. In cases, the pre-evo is actually better than the final evo due to Eviolite (Porygon2, Dusclops). Evolutions must first be given to useless, outclassed Pokemon.

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Rhyperior, PorygonZ, and Dusknoir were introduced before the Eviolite was. And if it wasn't for them, Rhydon, Porygon2, and Dusclops couldn't get the boost from Eviolite that makes them sometimes more threatening than their evolutions.

That's what I'm saying. Rhydon, Porygon, Dusclops, Electabuzz, Magneton, Magmar were all good Pokemon. Giving them evolutions was pointless in the first place. And the introduction of Eviolite made such evolutions even more pointless.

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That's what I'm saying. Rhydon, Porygon, Dusclops, Electabuzz, Magneton, Magmar were all good Pokemon. Giving them evolutions was pointless in the first place. And the introduction of Eviolite made such evolutions even more pointless.

I don't agree with that. The evolutions aren't useless just because we have Eviolite. Since this item only rises Defense and S. Defense, its use will depend on your strategy.

But I have to say: Scyther. With Eviolite Scizor is a little useless. Don't you think?

I have to admit that mentioning Scizor is a hit under the belt. But I'll counter it with this:I said Eviolite made things worse. If you noticed, I said that powerful Pokemon are in no need of evolving in the first place. So yeah, Scizor, although being potentially better than Scyther due to typing, movepool and abilities, isn't necessary because Scyther is a pretty good Pokemon on its own (they even have the same BST).

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For the evolutions mentioned, there are some distinct differences between the different stagesRhydon is already a good Pokemon but Rhyperior gains Solid Rock as an ability which is better than Lightningrod or Rock Head. So there's that.Magmar and Electabuzz work a bit differently than Electivire and Magmortar and in Generation IV (no eviolite) Electabuzz and Magmar definitely could've used evos because they were pretty frail. I'm not saying Electivire or Magmortar are walls either but you know what I mean. It is interesting how Jynx was left in the dust though.Even before the eviolite Porygon2 was an option aside from PorygonZ because Porygon2 was already more defensive. However PorygonZ is more offensively powerful.Dusclops might be the exception. Dusknoir didn't bring too much differently to the table but competitively if you know what you're doing you can't go wrong with either one.And Scizor has been around since Generation II (since 1999 in Japan) and I think by now we've noticed Scizor and Scyther have the same BST and that using Scyther or Scizor is dependant on what you want to do. However most people end up using Scizor because 1.They ended up evolving their Scyther to continue to complete the Pokedex 2.Bullet Punch

I'm not saying that Rhyperior, Electivire or Magmortar aren't better than their pre-evos. Obviously they are. But they weren't needed in the first place.

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